As a kid, I grew up in a time where the only digital stimulation was a weekend TV show and Pac-Man at the local video store!

I spent days wandering alone in the forest behind my childhood home.

And, hours upon hours sitting in the back of a car travelling through outback NSW with just my oh-so-annoying brother and the window to keep me company. Fast forward 40+ years and it’s wild how the digital world has evolved, and how deep ALL of us are in that matrix.

Doom scrolling our lives away on Meta’s algorithms is as widespread as shopping malls and it’s got me thinking…

ARE YOU WITH ME?

I can almost guarantee you’ve had a 3am moment where you wake up stressed about life, money, love… and reach for your phone to wrestle with the energy buzzing inside you.

I’ve been there too recently, in a peri-menopause, early-morning heat explosion!

And, working with the truth in my body of that experience opened powerful doors of self-discovery and creativity.

Given how positive the overall experience was for me, I was left pondering, “Is a 3am doom scroll really a bad thing we all need to beat ourselves up about?”

HERE’S MY TAKE…

I’m struck by how much of what’s presenting itself online right now is an invitation to escape the reality of life.

AI images, performative influencers, humans literally dancing for a dollar, one-stop “fix all your problems” programs, and doing life as if it’s simply a mood… It’s rampant in the collective at the moment.

The issue?

It encourages you to get a dopamine hit from the idea that there’s always more, and that you don’t have it.

It can feel like a non-stop invitation into a feeling of lack that lingers long after you put your phone down.

Consuming this sort of content allows us all to bypass emotions that are heavy, complex, or inconvenient.

It imprints a stylised version of life – one that drills us down to a pain-oriented purchasing prospect instead of a whole human.

It places the look of something above a real, embodied experience, and even tricks you into watching nature online instead of having your feet in the dirt, in real-time connection with the land – the kind that feeds your ancestral soul. It’s also addictive, alluring, and compelling, and that’s not even counting the way sexual imagery is woven into everything, pulling us further from the natural, instinctive erotic intelligence we’re actually born with.

OUCH! STAY WITH ME…

I invite you to take a deep breath because it isn’t all “bad.”

The digital world, like anything alive within the collective right now, can be a powerful doorway home… if you choose it to be.

The positive?

You can flip the script by bringing awareness to the emotions digital escapism is helping you avoid, and in so doing reclaim your presence and power.

Staying connected to your body while scrolling shifts this dynamic.

What once drained you can now guide you.

Your awareness of your urge to escape can become a helpful mirror from life herself, pointing you toward what your ancestral instincts were designed to feel and know in the body. 💛

If you choose to, you can use the digital world as a way to double down on the emotions inside you that are seeking expression. Feeling for what is alive in the moment is an age-old way to stabilise your body and reconnect to your authentic truth.

Using distractions as a doorway builds your courage to live from your truth, to make that the ‘more’ you’re focused on and dreaming into.

The key is understanding that whatever you pay attention to with your awareness grows.

So when you stop pushing away and judging your most vulnerable emotions as “not okay,” and begin to accept your sensitivity as a doorway into your greater self, your greater self grows.

Your inner stability, personal power, and impact grow.

I genuinely believe that while the outer world has changed dramatically, the fundamental game of being human hasn’t.

We are all here to find our way home through our humanness, not despite it.

So next time you find yourself reaching for your phone in the dead of night, or just feeling the pull to escape the moment, I invite you to pause… breathe deep… and stay connected to your body.

Begin to notice the sensations and emotions that are alive within you, no matter what outward activity occupies your hands or eyes.

I invite you to dream into how life could express itself if you made space for what you feel that you have hidden away – to see this energy as a critical piece of your personal power that is waiting for you.

Could your next doom scroll be the missing puzzle piece you’ve been yearning for?

I love hearing from you, so feel free to reach out and share if this resonated or felt helpful.